Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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